Magazine receptacle



April 28, 1953 H. J. KELLY MAGAZINE RECEPTACLE Filed May 29, 1950 Fig. 2

Henry .1- Kelly IN VEN TOR.

Patented Apr. 28,1953 7.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MAGAZINE RECEPTACLE Henry J. Kelly, Buffalo, N. Y.

Application May 29, 1950, Serial N0. 164,999

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to an outdoor magazine receptacle or holder, and has for its primary object to provide protection of the delivered magazines from rain, snow or other inclement weather.

A further object of this invention is to provide an outdoor magazine holder which will protect the magazines from being torn or mutilated.

And yet another object of this invention is to provide an outdoor magazine receptacle or holder which may be fabricated of a waterproof, attractively colored plastic sheet, which is relatively simple in design and construction, inexpensive, easy to manipulate, and very eificient for its intended purpose.

These, together with various ancillary objects and features of the invention which will later become apparent as the following description proceeds, are attained by the device, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated by way of example only in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of the holderor receptacle;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 22 of Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the holder illustrating the top pocket in the unfolded or extended position.

Specific reference is now made to the drawings. In the several views in the accompanying drawings and in the following specification reference characters indicate corresponding elements throughout.

The present holder is fabricated of thin, flexible, waterproof, attractively colored plastic material such as Vinylite, polystyrene, methyl methacrylate, and so forth. The holder comprises a substantially rectangular, hollow body or bag having a front panel ill, a back panel 2, a bottom panel M and interconected side panels [6. This bag or body may be molded into the desired shape or may be fabricated in such a manner that the panels are secured together by conventional seams, it being preferred that the bag be molded into one integral piece. A rectangular channel is formed around the periphery of the bottom panel I 4 by means of sewing l8 and received in the panel is a substantially rectangular, flexible wire 20 to permit the bag to open fully. Appropriately sewn into the four corners of the bag and extending laterally therefrom are resilient loops 22 which are adapted to removably engage appropriate hooks 24 secured in a supporting structure 26, such as the wall of a building, etc.

2 Integral with the back panel l2 at the ope end of the bag is a hollow triangular hood 28 which forms a pocket open at the base of the triangle as at 36. Appropriately sewn to the apex portion of the triangular hood or pocket is a resilient loop 32.

lb seal the open mouth portion of the triangular hood 28 against weather and to protect a portion of the magazines, a two-ply V-flap 34, consisting of two flexible plies marginally sewn or otherwise connected together, is provided and is either integral with or sewn to the front panel ill at the open end of the bag. Terminally secured to the apex and the base of the V-flap 3 3 is a strap 36 forming a handle which can be grasped by the hand 33 and either pushed into the triangular hood 28 or pulled out, as shown clearly in Figure 3. To retain the holder in a completely closed position so that the magazines therein are completely shielded against rain, snow and other inclement weather, a button it is secured to the front panel H) and preferably centrally thereof and is adapted to receive the flexible loop 32 at the apex of the hood 23 when the latter is folded over upon the front panel ill of the bag as shown clearly in Figures 1 and 2.

In use, tne magazines are placed in the bag and rest upon the bottom panel i l in an obvious manner. The V-fiap 34 is then pushed into the pocket of the hood 28, and then the pocket 28 and the nap at are folded over into the position shown in Figures 1 and 2 to be secured upon the front panel W in a closed position by having the button 49 engage the loop 32.

Reverting to the aforementioned loops 22 and hooks 24 it will be seen that in practice one loop 22 is attached to each corner portion and the hooks 2 of which there are four in number, are suitably attached to the support surface in order that the holder, as a unit, may be detachably supported in the manner illustrated in Figure 1.

In View of the foregoing description taken in GOI'lJllIlCtlOIl with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

it is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully compre hended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A waterproof magazine holder fabricated of flexible plastic sheeting and of a size to accommodate a plurality of conventional type magazines comprising a substantially rectangular hollow receptacle including interconnected bottom, side, back and front walls and being open at its top, a flexible triangular hood having its basal portion integral with said back wall and extending beyond the latter at the open end of the receptacle and providingaclosing flap for said open end, the apical portion of saidhood' being closed and the basal portion, which is closest to the open end of the receptacle, being fully openpa triangular sealing tongue formed integral with and constituting an extension of the front wall and arranged to parallel and be tucked-into said hood by way of said open basal portion soeasito permit the hood and tongue to be conjointly folded from back to front and to overlie the front wall, wire means embodied on the interior of said receptacle and associated with the bottom wall of the latter and serving to distend said receptacle and to facilitate the insertion and removal of magazines, single means for retaining said hood and tongue conjointly in folded receptacle-closing position, and resilient loops connected to the respective corner portions of said receptacle, whereby the latter may be attached to and suspended from supporting hooks on a relatively fixed support.

'HENRY J. KELLY.

1 References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1-;496,462 Hunt et a1 June 3, 1924 51,661,014 igsnell Apr. 24, 1928 1,684,839 Lowe Sept. 18, 1928 23148376 LeFevre Aug. 31, 1948 2,493,085 Pincus Jan. 3, 1950 

